Beginnings of Puerto Rican Colonization

This mural was cut in five 8' x 5' plywood sheets, for a total size of 8' high by 25' long. It shows various happenings throughout the colonization of Puerto Rico. In the mural we see the taíno woman making casabe (bread made of yuca), Juan Ponce de León (Spanish explorer and first governor of Puerto Rico), the Cacique (Taíno Indian chief) Agueybana as its main figure, the drowining of Diego de Salcedo (when the Indians learned that spanish soldiers could die) and other historic events.

This mural was shown for the first time in August, 1970 in the San Juan Art Museum, and later on went to the Guayanilla high school. There are no photos of the mural and it is unknown if it still exists.

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